Shite in Miniature II

[Christine]

[Junkman]

There was a 50% off sale going on at Model Car World Deutschland, otherwise even I could not afford this:

 

 

However, this purchase enabled me to do something I wanted to do for the past forty years.

 

 

 

A car transporter full of DKWs.

 

How terminally cool is this?

[59Impala]

So after living in my 'new' home for over 2 1/2 years I am finally getting around to sorting out my model collection, much of which has been packed away in boxes since October 2014. It's a bit like Xmas every day as I open the packing boxes and find what lies therein! I took a few pics of some of them on my bed as I discovered the lost treasures. No points for identifying what they are but hope you like them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mercrocker]

Bloody.  Hell. 

 

No man needs TWO Spot On caravans.   Well, OK, you do have more than one tow-car. 

 

What is the Wulzy 4/44 - a white metal jobbie?

[Junkman]

Jayzuz!

[Felly Magic]

Some utter porn there, hnnng. Lots of Spot On niceness to see, plus a few bits of 1970s Dinkytat

[eddyramrod]

And I thought I had a collection..... wow.

[59Impala]

Bloody.  Hell. 

 

No man needs TWO Spot On caravans.   Well, OK, you do have more than one tow-car. 

 

What is the Wulzy 4/44 - a white metal jobbie?

The 4/44 is indeed a white metal jobbie, an old Pathfinder. They used to make 600 of each model, 300 of one colour and obvs 300 in the other. I've got a fair few of them now, just got an Austin Devon off Ebay for 41 quids plus postage, bargain.

[59Impala]

There's quite a few more in the display cabinets, would you like some more model porn when I get a chance? There's Corgi, Dinky, Spot-On (I love those!), Tekno, Solido, Politoys, Norev, handbuilts etc. I do have rather too many models but I just love buying them. 

 

Yes I do need two Spot-On caravans Mr Mercrocker! There are more tow cars in the cabinet, Rover P5s, Bentley, Cresta PA & PB, Zephyr 6, Mk2 Zodiac etc etc. When I were but a lad back in the 60's Spot-On stuff was pretty difficult to find and they were more expensive than Dinky or Corgi. It was a rare treat to stumble across a shop selling the Spot-On range.

[Felly Magic]

YES!!!!! More pictures please, so we can all dribble jealously

[mercrocker]

2nd to last picture - red plastic Taunus?  squeezed between two Corgi Airbornes - is that of Hong Kong origin?   I had a Mk 4 Zodiac in that series - with little yellow plastic headlamp discs if I remember correctly.   Any maker name - I would love to find those again....!

[Junkman]

There's quite a few more in the display cabinets, would you like some more model porn when I get a chance?

 

Nah, don't bother. Since when do we want to see model porn?

[eddyramrod]

YES!!!!!!!

[59Impala]

2nd to last picture - red plastic Taunus?  squeezed between two Corgi Airbornes - is that of Hong Kong origin?   I had a Mk 4 Zodiac in that series - with little yellow plastic headlamp discs if I remember correctly.   Any maker name - I would love to find those again....!

Bloody hell you've got a keen eye! The Taunus is a Norev and is a more door version, most models seem to be of the two door. As for Hong Kong models most were blatant copies of Corgi or Dinky. I recall that some BHS stores had a small toy department and my mum bought me a Victor 101 which was a copy of the Dinky which I also had. Dinky did the Mk4 Zodiac with yellow jewelled headlights and I won one in a competition in Meccano Magazine, still got it. The only Hong Kong name that I can remember off the top of my head is Telsada but they normally made bigger scale stuff. 

[mercrocker]

Cheers Mr Impala, the wheels should have given it away but these HK ones had very similar hubs.  I still have a Vedette in the series but none of the others....BHS rings a bell, reckon that's where mine were from!     I have one or two Telsaldas but most of the ones I had as a kid proved to be extremely fragile!    

 

Look forward to more pics!   

[sheffcortinacentre]

Lucky toys perhaps?

[Junkman]

There were also OK Toys.

They were indeed very brittle. I had a copy of the Corgi Commer ice cream van as a kid,

but they blew it up to 1/25th scale. I wish I would find one now.

[Junkman]

Alzheimer also brings back Mak's, TAT (sic), Marx and Roxy Toys.

[mercrocker]

Whatever you do, you must not key in "Telsalda" as an Ebay search.

[Split_Pin]

Sorry that's not a model car collection, that is a Retirement Fund.... and retirement as in to Spain, in a big villa with a pool.

 

I have never seen so many Spot On Models in one place. That sir is a fine haul you have, make sure they are called out specifically in your will!

[quicksilver]

I've always wanted a model of the Dolomite I used to own but nobody has ever made one in my preferred 1/76 scale. A few weeks ago I was idly looking at a spare Minix Triumph 2000 and suddenly realised how much of a resemblance it had to a Dolomite so maybe I would be able to make one from the other. There was only one thing to do: have a go, and a lot of work later here it is. The body has been shortened, the front and rear ends reshaped and an interior and chassis from an Oxford Viva added, and I think it looks sufficiently like a Dolomite now.

 

 

 

 

The Fiesta is a straight out of the box Oxford Diecast but represents my actual car, even down to the numberplates, so I can now replicate what our driveway looked like circa 2004!

 

 

[Mr A Lawrence]

What's the best stuff to get paint off a diecast ready for a refurb??

[59Impala]

I'm a bit pushed for time this evening but here's a taster as they say!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More to follow.

[Felly Magic]

Make sure every last bit of plastic trim is removed, then decent paint stripper in a well ventilated area, then give the bare casting a bloody good wash down with detergent

[Felly Magic]

I'm a bit pushed for time this evening but here's a taster as they say!

 

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More to follow.

Hubba hubba, I'd love one of those Tonibell CA ice cream vans by spot on

[Split_Pin]

That Dolomite is a super thing. I've always wanted a Toledo model but there hasn't been one as far as I know.

[eddyramrod]

I haven't found a Toledo either, Iain; I had the real thing 36 years ago and I've been looking ever since.  You'd need to modify either a Vanguards Dolomite (but the boot's too long) or an old Dinky Triumph 1300 (but the nose is entirely wrong).  There's a 1300 in my Projects Box waiting for me to devote some time to it...

 

59Impala: blankety blank!

[Felly Magic]

I would just sit there dribbling if I saw that collection. I have just ordered a Capri Calypso Vanguards to add to my ever changing fleet, I've even worked out how to get the Minichamps mk2 Capri to bits as well, a respray and rhd conversion may happen to represent OWY197P, a 1600L in dark green with black vinyl roof

[andy18s]

Had an email from SDmodelcartuning.com and it seems they have a few 504's for sale

Otto are also putting their prices up in the near future

[Junkman]

Whatever you do, you must not key in "Telsalda" as an Ebay search.

 

Best do it when you had a few.